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Registered charity · Norwich

The Bircham Centre

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £61k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 4 more
Where
Norfolk
Website
www.birchamcentrereepham.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£61k£59k
  • 2023£58k£61k
  • 2022£47k£55k
Earlier years
  • 2021£37k£50k
  • 2020£28k£47k
Charitable objects

READING ROOM AND CLUB FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE RESPECTIVE PARISHES OF REEPHAM KERDISTON HACKFORD NEXT REEPHAM AND WHITWELL IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OTHER ADJOINING PARISHES AND OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID PARISHES AS DETAILED IN THE TRUST DEED.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8General Charitable Purposes 7Amateur Sport 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£61k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
242536
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 14/08/1919AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 03/12/1979AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 15/09/1992AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 13/12/2005AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2010AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 06 JUN 2016 as amended on 07 Sep 2020 as amended on 04 Sep 2023
Contact on the register
01603879242 · thebirchamcentre@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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